New LACMA art and plaza, Bulgari Hotel site up for sale, and more

Here's what we're reading this week:

Wilshire Boulevard to close for 3 weeks beginning March 17 so we can remove deck panels and restore the street as D Line Extension work reaches another milestone  (The Source)

LA Marathon is this Sunday: many bus lines to be detoured and how to get there on Metro Rail "The annual LA Marathon is being held Sunday, March 16, using the same route as last year — the course begins at Dodger Stadium and ends in Century City at the intersection of Avenue of the Stars and Santa Monica Boulevard." (The Source)

How to see the new LACMA up close: Museum sets opening for plaza around new building "This summer, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art will open parts of the plaza around its David Geffen Galleries, giving the public its closest glimpse yet of the new Peter Zumthor-designed building spanning Wilshire Boulevard." (LA Times)

New LACMA building to get monumental artworks to join ‘Urban Light’ and the Rock "The artists — Mariana Castillo Deball, Sarah Rosalena and Shio Kusaka — were all picked based on their previous work at LACMA and for how themes espoused in their art, including land rights and a fascination with the cosmos, fit with the ethos of the new building’s modernist design." (LA Times)

35-Acre L.A. Property Listed for $175M "The property, once the planned location for a Bulgari hotel, is currently the third-priciest property for sale in L.A." (Commercial Observer)

Metro’s Olympics plans rely on federal funding. Will Trump threaten it? "A question that looms is how the Trump administration will respond to last year’s request for $3.2 billion to fund transportation projects for the Olympics. A bulk of the request was for $2 billion to lease nearly 3,000 buses as part of the city’s push to expand its transit network for the games across the county." (LA Times)

Eyes on the Street: Metro LAX Station Under Construction "Today's photos of LAX Metro Transit Center construction - with the new bike path and people mover visible" (Streetsblog LA)

Despite the stress of the fires, most L.A. County residents don’t plan to leave, poll finds "The poll found that 57% of residents are satisfied with the region’s quality of life, while more than 7 in 10 people are happy with their own neighborhood." (LA Times)

Jubilo Village Succeeds – City Council Approves Affordable Housing for Budget Consideration "The project, which has been in development for six years, hit a major snag when funding that had already been approved by Culver City was suddenly revealed to be technically unavailable." (Culver City Crossroads)

U.S. DOT Orders Review of All Grants Related to Green Infrastructure, Bikes "U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy is coming for our bike lanes — and the time to act is now." (Streetsblog USA)

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